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SLAV Be the expert: promote yourself with skill development
Many of our Victorian Teacher Librarian colleagues enjoyed Be the expert: promote yourself with skill development: a conference for all library staff presented by the School Library Association of...
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Great Science Links here from Lindy Hathaway, Dickson College, ACT http://digitalk.edublogs.org 100 useful websites for science teachers A US focus but a comprehensive list for different levels....
View Articleaggregate news sites
Here are some interesting sites that present or aggregate news – useful for senior students, global relations & journalism classes and for news items in many curriculum areas. This list was...
View ArticleKoha Resources
Koha Resources Emilly Mcleay blogs as geek/ librarian/ fangirl on the Melbourne Koha Users Group Meeting 1st Australian Koha User Group Meeting : Melbourne (Vic), Thursday 26 April at 6pm at the...
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RDA
RDA new cataloging rules As the implementation of RDA approaches in April SCIS felt it would be good to provide a compilation of our Connections articles and blogs on this topic so far. In Connections...
View ArticleAn interesting week on YouTube and TV
From Lindy Hathaway Hi all Lots of good things to see & absorb……for us as well as students! Q & A with Bill Gates A very interesting Q & A last week from the Sydney Writer’s Festival…and...
View ArticleCopyright 4 Educators course for Australian educators
The next cycle of the Copyright 4 Educators course for Australian educators will run in August, with enrolments opening on July 15. It’s free and will soon have endorsement with NSWIT and AITSL. It...
View ArticleREVIEW: Clementine Rose (series)
From Barbara Braxton Subject: [OZTL_NET] REVIEW: Clementine Rose (series) Clementine Rose and the Perfect Present 9781742755458 Clementine Rose and the Pet Day Disaster 9781742755434 Jacqueline...
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Some reading on e-books
In April I presented at the ASLA Tasmania eBook conference Here is the slide-share. Judith Way on her blog presented an overview of the day’s proceedings for school libraries interested in eBooks. I...
View ArticleBook-trailers and copyright
From Barbara Braxton I have permission from the NCU to forward the email below to the list to explain the copyright relating to students making book trailers using JUST the content of the book itself....
View ArticleDuck Duck go
Here is a new search engine featured on OZTL DuckDuckGo In my early investigations, as I prepare a unit on Digital Tattoos (a term I picked up during my recent Personal Learning Network online course –...
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appiness
Here are some links from *gymjunkielibrarian.weebly.com/* http://salcjs.edublogs.org/2013/05/12/app-creators/ – about some apps she has created. See – https://www.diigo.com/user/jssalc/app_builder...
View ArticleNational Science week from Lindy Hathaway
National Science Week is on 10 – 18 August – an annual celebration of science in Australia. http://www.scienceweek.net.au/ Maybe it’s time to enter the national Sci-ku poetry competition with a short 3...
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Inquiry Based Learning
Karen Bonanno Eduwebinar Pty Ltd ATF Professional Learning Network http://eduwebinar.com.au/ Has curated a number of tools and apps to support inquiry based learning – find the list here...
View ArticleChristopher Pyne on Educational funding for Universities
and other news of the day Christopher Pyne’s education gaffe draws fire from Opposition, Greens The Federal Opposition and Greens have leapt on a mistake by the Education Minister as proof the...
View ArticleReconciliation week
Here is a post from Linda Hathaway to OZTL on Reconciliation week It’s National Reconciliation Week – a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures and achievements and to...
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2014 the year of…
Each year the United Nations (UN) allocates an entire calendar year to focus on particular topics or themes. Many countries actively participate in promoting these years. International Year of Small...
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Importing Authority files into Oliver
In Management>Import, select the MARC Radio button. From then on, see the attached screenshot for the settings Selecting “MARC-21 Authority’ in the ‘MARC format’ field is crucial. It is important to...
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Review: The secret maker of the world – stories by Abbas El-Zein
Latest Review The secret maker of the world – stories by Abbas El-Zein UQP, 2014. ISBN 9780702250071. (Age: Yr 11-Yr 12, Adult) Recommended. I resisted this collection of adult short stories at first...
View ArticleThe 21st century library
Demonstration of the value of the school library to principals and school councils is essential as Schools look at resourcing the Australian Curriculum including phase one learning areas, the general...
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